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List of Important Riverside Cities and States in India 2023:
- India is a home to various rivers which plays an important role in human’s life in many different ways.
- River plays an important role in life and ecology of people and environment of India. Water is useful for the development of cities and thus important Indian cities are located near riverside.
- In this article, you will be provided with the list of important riverside cities and states in India 2023. This is the important topic of Geography under static G.K and is helpful for the aspirants preparing for competitive exams.
- In the previous article, we discussed the list of river systems in India along with their tributaries.
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- The Ganges (2525 km) which flows in the North India is considered as the most pious river in India. Yamuna, the important tributary of the Ganges passes through the 5 states and 9 cities in India.
- In South India, the Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri rivers are important. In Central India, the Narmada and Tapti rivers are important.
- In Eastern India, the Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers are important, while the Sabarmati and Mahi rivers are important in Western India.
- List of Important Riverside Cities and States in India 2023
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List of Important Riverside Cities and States in India 2023
City | River | State |
Jammu | Tawi | Jammu & Kashmir |
Srinagar | Jhelum | Jammu & Kashmir |
Ludhiana | Sutlej | Punjab |
Haridwar | Ganga | Uttarakhand |
Badrinath | Alaknanda | Uttarakhand |
Devprayag | Confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda | Uttarakhand |
Agra | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
Ayodhya | Saryu | Uttar Pradesh |
Kanpur | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
Allahabad | At the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati | Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow | Gomti | Uttar Pradesh |
Mathura | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
Varanasi | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
Gangtok | Teesta | Sikkim |
Kota | Chambal | Rajasthan |
Ahmedabad | Sabarmati | Gujarat |
Gandhinagar | Sabarmati | Gujarat |
Surat | Tapti (Tapi) | Gujarat |
Vadodara | Vishwamitri | Gujarat |
Patan | Saraswati | Gujarat |
Gwalior | Chambal | Madhya Pradesh |
Jabalpur | Narmada | Madhya Pradesh |
Ujjain | Shipra | Madhya Pradesh |
Kolkata | Hoogly | West Bengal |
Dibrugarh | Brahmaputra | Assam |
Guwahati | Brahmaputra | Assam |
Bhagalpur | Falgu (Neeranjana) | Bihar |
Patna | Ganga | Bihar |
Hyderabad | Musi | Telangana |
Vijaywada | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
Amravati | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
Panaji | Mandovi | Goa |
Cuttack | Mahanadi | Odisha |
Rourkela | Brahmani | Odisha |
Bangalore | Vrishabhavathi | Karnataka |
Mysore | Kaveri | Karnataka |
Chennai | Cooum, Adyar | Tamil Nadu |
Coimbatore | Noyyal | Tamil Nadu |
Madurai | Vaigai | Tamil Nadu |
Nashik | Godavari | Maharashtra |
Pune | Confluence of Mula and Mutha | Maharashtra |